The Importance of Standardizing Yoga Offered in Eating Disorder Treatment Centers

Yoga instructor. Yoga teacher. Yoga therapy. Yoga therapist. In the eating disorders treatment community, these terms are often used interchangeably. But are they one in the same? No. They are not.

Over the years of incorporating yoga into eating disorders treatment and creating a yoga-based comprehensive eating disorders treatment center, which was a Joint Commission accredited and state licensed PHP, IOP and outpatient therapy, I developed an evidence-based system to integrate yoga vs using yoga as an adjunct to treatment. As other eating disorders treatment experts learn from my professional yoga therapy training programs and begin follow suite, it has been gratifying to watch my vision unfold. Listening to presenters at iaedp that incorporate somatic interventions into treatment, and reference yoga, has absolutely delighted me.

However, in speaking with eating disorders clinicians and patients who have undergone care at residential and other higher level care eating disorders treatment centers, I become disturbed. The yoga component offered at various centers are fraught with concerning issues that I will bring forth:

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The International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (iaedp) MemberSHARE expert guest blogger Beverly Price, CEDRD-S, C-IAYT shares, The importance of standardizing yoga offered in eating disorder treatment centers in her On and Off the Mat series.